Incontinence of stool and gas (anal incontinence) is observed in congenital or acquired anatomical lesions of the sphincter apparatus of the rectum or violation of its central reflex regulation, including psychological, or peripheral nature.
Most experts distinguish three clinically defined by the degree of insufficiency of the sphincter of the anus:
Older people scatacratia often combined with urinary incontinence. On the other hand, a random episode of fecal incontinence caused by a trivial reason (stress impulse in a chair with food poisoning, which in life circumstances can not be immediately satisfied, etc.) may lead to persistent dismorfofobii to be treated by psychiatrists .
Daily, at the same time of day, full-length (with a feeling of complete evacuation) the act of defecation is one of the most important indicators of a healthy organism. Need patience and a good relationship with the patient the doctor to accurately determine the frequency of incontinence episodes and the nature of what in normal circumstances, patients do not like to complain because it is difficult to reliably determine the true incidence of this syndrome. This is especially important for patients of neurological clinics, which care for such patients would have been much easier if the staff (mainly nurses) has been informed patients or their relatives on the individual characteristics of bowel function in their patients.
Separate complex problem - incontinence of feces and gases in children. Basically, this is a sign of congenital or acquired anatomical and functional integrity of the sphincter apparatus of violations of the rectum, such as fistulous forms of anorectal anomalies, malformations of the anus (imperforirovanny anus and others). Как правило, эти тяжелые поражения сочетаются у детей с хроническими запорами, ибо узкое (свищевое) отверстие препятствует опорожнению толстой кишки. If the anus is located correctly and if the sphincteric apparatus is not changed, then it comes to functional incontinence, caused by disorder of the central or peripheral nervous regulation. It is important to bear in mind the possibility of psychological disorders, often associated with the wrong upbringing of the child that a child is not accustomed to timely rhythmic defecation is not brought him the necessary hygiene practices.
Evident incontinence - is the weakening of control over the allocation of solid stool. The cases of incontinence in the normal function of the sphincter of the anus may occur in patients with chronic diarrhea, with prolapse of internal hemorrhoids, as well as by persons who do not follow accepted for civilized human hygiene after defecation. Minimal or partial incontinence occurs when lowering the tone of internal anal sphincter, usually after proctologic operations or complete prolapse of the rectum, as well as the repeated attempts of older people to retain feces.
Treatment
In all cases, there is one and the same problem: where to begin treatment with some form and degree of incontinence?
If incontinence occurs only when diarrhea, should begin by explaining the causes of diarrhea. When it comes to individual episodes of diarrhea, is clearly related to violations of the diet or with sudden changes of the usual food and water quality (travelers diarrhea), the treatment is obvious.
When signs of violation of the innervation of the structures of the pelvic floor can help direct the appointment (external) or vnutrianalnoy electrostimulation. Very important lessons therapy, physical therapy, and especially the method of biofeedback. This development of new physiological inverse relationship, ie development of specific forms of conduct that by training to develop the ability to control physical functions. Since then, both in medical practice includes monitors, dynamically register information about the state coached function, it is possible "learning tool". This is radically different from Pavlov’s classical conditioned reflexes elaborated on the basis of unconditional innate reflexes, for example, food, and the specific responses to stimulation (eg, salivation). In contrast, special exercises are a kind of reward for training in the form of weak recovery function. This is not the development of a new reflex, and the strengthening or restoration of the former function. In this particular case the patient, watching on the monitor of a graphic (the curve) of the normal volitional attempts to reduce the anal sphincter through the long, precise dose of training to achieve improved sphincter function, being able to constantly see the results of their efforts.
Biofeedback technique is the introduction into the anus of the elastic balloon to create a certain vnutrianalnogo pressure. The patient tries to compress its muscles this container, which is recorded on the monitor. In other cases, the sphincter muscle stimulation uses electric current to the "training" and re sphincter control defecation. Currently, there are portable devices and special training anorectal probes for the rectum (the instrument Swan Attika and others). Anal incontinence associated with organic neuro-muscular disorders, can be satisfactorily skorrigirovana using biofeedback. A. GIiaetal. (1998) reported that 26 patients with severe insufficiency of the anal biofeedback method has led to rapid improvement, and this improvement persisted throughout the observation (on average, within 21 months), although the immediate effect was much more pronounced.
Special method autotrenirovki sphincter rectum – biofeedback – is necessary for the initial treatment of patients with anal incontinence. The reaction of the sphincter muscles to such training largely determines the success of further conservative treatment and objectifies the indications for surgical treatment.
In the absence of opportunities to use this method or at least express the degree of violation of the anal Waxes (neuderzhivanie only gases or, occasionally, liquid stool) should begin treatment with the tonic treatment (light exercises, water therapy) and therapeutic exercises muscle sphincter. Methods such a special gym a lot and every proctologist preferred method, which, in his experience, gives the optimum result. In principle, this volitional squeezing and relaxation of the sphincter with a different tempo and duration, but not more than 10 minutes and not more than twice a day (morning and before bed). Repeat, often sick after one or two random episodes of incontinence are beginning to exacerbate their suffering. Biofeedback in recent years has become very popular, although other opinions it is not effective in neurogenic violations anal holding.
Surgical treatment of anal insufficiency should be conducted only in proctological hospitals. Indications for some form of surgical correction are processed on the basis of determining the size and nature of the defect structures of the anal sphincter muscle. If this defect is not more than a quarter of the circumference of the pulp perform sfinkteroplastiku – reveal the sphincter defect, economically excised scars and stitch the muscle two or three ketgutovymi sutures. With large amounts of sphincter defect that often occurs in postpartum perineal deformation is performed anterior sfinkterolevatoroplastika: cut through the skin cross-section, with the help of a hydraulic dissection novocaine defoliate the rectovaginal septum, pleated front wall of the rectum, thus forming anal canal and sphincter muscles take in and levatory. Front sfinkterolevatoroplastika executed even in specialized clinics, leads to the complete success is not always the case.
When the posterior wall defects of the anus is almost similar to techniques back sfinkterolevatoroplastika. In more complex post-traumatic cicatricial deformations, accompanied by severe anal insufficiency, performed various complex reconstructive surgery. The choice of plastic surgery for anal incontinence was subjective in nature, and to select the estimated minimum of three factors: the state chosen for cutting out the muscle graft, the current state of the patient’s closing apparatus and the state of the central and peripheral nervous system.
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